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Civil War: Abraham Lincoln inauguration

Mar 4, 1861

Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated as the sixteenth president of the United States in Washington, DC

Civil War: Battle of Big Bethel

Jun 10, 1861

Battle of Big Bethel, the first land battle of the war in Virginia.

Civil War: Battle of Mill Springs

Jan 19, 1862

Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky. The Union victory weakened the Confederate hold on the state.

Reconstruction: Emancipation Proclamation

Jan 1, 1863

Emancipation Proclamation issued.
Frees slaves in states in rebellion and authorizes the enlistment of black troops

Reconstruction: Lincon Reelection

Nov 8, 1864

Lincoln reelected president. Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States over a deeply divided Democratic Party, becoming the first Republican to win the presidency.

Reconstruction: Freedmen's Bureau

Mar 3, 1865

The Freedmen's Bureau established.
Provides assistance to emancipated African Americans. Abolished in 1872.

Gilded Age: Ulysses S. Grant

Nov 3, 1868

Republican Ulysses S. Grant defeats Democrat Horatio Seymour and is elected president of the United States.

Gilded Age: John Rockefeller

Jan 10, 1870

John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company is incorporated in Ohio. Its controversial history as one of the world's first and largest multinational corporations ended in 1911, when the United States Supreme Court ruled that Standard was an illegal monopoly.

Gilded Age: Ulysses S. Grant

Nov 5, 1872

President Ulysses S. Grant is reelected to a second term as president of the United States. Was easily elected to a second term in office, with Senator Henry Wilson of Massachusetts as his running mate, despite a split within the Republican Party.

Industrialization: Alexander Graham Bell

Mar 10, 1876

Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. The development of the modern electrical telephone involved an array of lawsuits founded upon the patent claims of several individuals and numerous companies.

Industrialization: Thomas Edison

Dec 31, 1879

Thomas Edison developed the world’s first practical incandescent electric light bulb. Edison eventually produced a bulb that could glow for over 1500 hours.

Industrialization: Karl Benz

Jan 29, 1886

Karl Benz was granted a patent for an automobile powered by a gasoline engine. Was a German engine designer and car engineer, generally regarded as the inventor of the first automobile powered by an internal combustion engine,

Imperialism: Land in Cuba

Jun 22, 1898

U.S troops landed in Cuba. Approximately, 25,000 U.S. troops were stationed in Tampa, which only had a population of 25,000 at the time.

Imperialism: Invasion of Puerto Rico

Jul 25, 1898

Puerto Rico is Invaded. In December, the Treaty of Paris was signed, ending the Spanish-American War and officially approving the cession of Puerto Rico to the United States

Imperialism: Treaty of Versailles

Dec 10, 1898

The World War ended with the downfall of three imperialist powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary and Russia. Four Great Powers emerged from the war as victors: the United States, Britain, France and Japan. Peace Treaty is signed

World War 1: Germany declares war on Russia

Aug 1, 1914

Germany declares war on Russia. With Germany officially at war with France and Russia, a conflict originally centered in the tumultuous Balkans region—with the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife

World War 1: Great Britain & Germany

Feb 4, 1915

Germany declares a "war zone" around Great Britain, essentially effecting a submarine blockade where even neutral merchant vessels were to be potential targets.

World War 1: Zimmerman Telegram

Jan 19, 1917

Germany sends the secret Zimmerman Telegram to Mexico in an effort to entice Mexico to join the war.

Roaring 20's: End of World War 1

Nov 11, 1918

Germany and the Allies sign an armistice to end the fighting in World War I.

Roaring 20's : Eighteenth Amendment

Jan 16, 1919

Congress ratifies the Eighteenth Amendment, prohibiting the sale of alcohol anywhere in the United States.

World War 2: Treaty of Versailles

Jun 28, 1919

Signing of the Treaty of Versailles. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers.

Roaring 20's: Nineteenth Amendment

Aug 18, 1920

The Nineteenth Amendment is ratified, granting women the right to vote.

World War 2

Jul 29, 1921

Adolf Hitler becomes leader of National Socialist (Nazi) Party.

World War 2: Mien Kampf

Jul 18, 1925

Hitler's book "Mein Kampf" published. Hitler began dictating the book to his deputy Rudolf Hess while imprisoned for what he considered to be "political crimes" following his failed Putsch in Munich in November 1923

Great Depression: Black Thursday

Oct 24, 1929

Black Thursday stock market crash $30 billion total losses

Great Depression: Franklin D. Roosevelt

Nov 8, 1932

Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected president for the first time. Many Americans did not think that President Hoover did enough to help them and hope that Roosevelt will end the Depression.

Great Depression: Japan

Dec 7, 1941

Japan bombs American ships at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Thousands of Americans are killed in the attack.

Cold War: Yalta Conference

Feb 8, 1945

The Yalta Conference occurs, deciding the post-war status of Germany.World War II meeting of the heads of United States, United Kingdom and the Soviet Union, represented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Premier Joseph Stalin

Cold War: Truman

Aug 6, 1945

President Truman gives permission for the world's first military use of an atomic weapon against the Japanese city of Hiroshima

Vietnam War: Ho Chi Minh

Sep 2, 1945

Ho Chi Minh declares an independent Vietnam, called the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.

Cold War: Joseph Stalin

Feb 9, 1946

Joseph Stalin makes his Election Speech, in which he states that capitalism and imperialism make future wars inevitable

Civil Rights Movement: James Meredith

Oct 1, 1962

James Meredith becomes the first black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi.

Civil Rights Movement: M.L.K

Apr 16, 1963

Martin Luther King is arrested and jailed during anti-segregation protests in Birmingham, Alabama

Vietnam War: Combat troops

Mar 8, 1965

The first U.S. combat troops arrive in Vietnam. This was the first American combat troops in South Vietnam and there was considerable reaction around the world to the new stage of U.S. involvement in the war.

Civil Rights Movement: Voting Act

Aug 10, 1965

Congress passes the Voting Rights Act of 1965. This Act made it easier for Southern blacks to register to vote.

Vietnam War: Vietnam

Apr 30, 1975

South Vietnam surrenders to the communists. Vietnam War was know as the Resistance War Against America or the American War, was a Cold War-era proxy war that occurred in Vietnam